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Biography
Born on February 13, 1987 in the city of São Paulo, Alex Iervolino is a Brazilian composer, arranger, sound designer and guitarist.
His musical trajectory began at the age of 13, when he decided to learn to play a guitar that belonged to his late grandfather and which had been kept at home for a long time. He began his studies as self-taught through books of acoustic guitar and music theory and only years later began to study at a music school in a neighborhood called Lapa (São Paulo city), where he lived for several years.
Determined to pursue a musical career, he began his studies at “Faculdade de Música Souza Lima” (a renowned college of music in São Paulo) with an emphasis on composition and arrangement, and specialized in “Orchestrating and Producing Music for Film and Games at Berklee Online”. As a composer, he creates soundtracks for Brazilian electronic games, films and advertising, also performing sound design in several projects. Having also created different arrangements for string quartets and quintets, bands of different formations, choirs, electronic music and others, he brings an eclectic musical background with different aesthetic visions.
He studied guitar with renowned musicians such as Lupa Santiago (Sinequanon and others) and Jarbas Barbosa (Mantiqueira band). He also studied composition, harmony, arrangement and band practice with great musicians from the Brazilian scene such as Sizão Machado, Carlos Ezequiel, Rodrigo Ursaia, Daniel Maldonnet, Guilherme Ribeiro, Bob Wyatt, Douglas Fonseca, Gilberto de Syllos and Marcelo Coelho.
He currently lives with his cat Mila in the countryside of São Paulo where he built his home studio and is involved as a composer and sound designer several projects. Also he is producing his first Brazilian music album, in which he has the partnership of writer, poet and philosopher Ulysses Barros in several lyrics. In his home studio he also performs other services such as audio editing for podcasts and various types of advertising materials.
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Beyond Music
Passionate about the creative process, Alex from an early age devoted himself to drawing and other types of creation. He also has a bachelor degree in Product Design, having over 15 years of experience in the field and has often worked as a Graphic Designer in several companies.
After his training and encouraged by his teacher and friend Denis Mandarino (who is also a musician, in addition to being a plastic artist and composer), he completed a postgraduate degree in Teaching in Higher Education and began his academic career in 2012 at the age of 25.
For 10 years he worked as a University Professor, teaching courses in Audiovisual, Architecture and Design at colleges in the city of São Paulo. He ended his academic career at the end of 2021 after deciding to dedicate even more time to his music career and then moved to the countryside of São Paulo.
Today he actively works in the field of design alongside music as a freelance art director. He works with several companies in Brazil and participates in projects that often involve audio and design.
Beyond Music
Passionate about the creative process, Alex from an early age devoted himself to drawing and other types of creation. He also has a bachelor degree in Product Design, having over 15 years of experience in the field and has often worked as a Graphic Designer in several companies.
After his training and encouraged by his teacher and friend Denis Mandarino (who is also a musician, in addition to being a plastic artist and composer), he completed a postgraduate degree in Teaching in Higher Education and began his academic career in 2012 at the age of 25.
For 10 years he worked as a University Professor, teaching courses in Audiovisual, Architecture and Design at colleges in the city of São Paulo. He ended his academic career at the end of 2021 after deciding to dedicate even more time to his music career and then moved to the countryside of São Paulo.
Today he actively works in the field of design alongside music as a freelance art director. He works with several companies in Brazil and participates in projects that often involve audio and design.